November 8 - Celebs beware! New Pandora's box of 'personal' drones that could stalk anyone from Brangelina to your own child

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They could put your mind at ease - or do very much the opposite. A new arms race is on and it could change everything from the way we parent to how we get our celebrity gossip.

For the technology currently being used by the CIA to ferret out terrorist leaders in the hills of Pakistan is set to arrive in a neighborhood near you - and there's nowhere to hide.

Already in the UK police are using drones to track thieves. In February, the Air Robot was deployed by Merseyside police after officers lost an alleged car thief who had escaped on foot in thick fog. Using the device's on-board camera and thermal-imaging technology, the operator was able to pick up the suspect through his body heat and direct foot patrols to his location.

It is designed to hover almost silently above crime scenes and send live footage to officers on the ground, but the unit can also 'perch and stare' from a solid platform, allowing the operator to capture hours of footage from a hidden vantage point.

The Home Office is now exploring how the craft can be used to give back-up to police, ambulance and fire services. The technology is swiftly moving beyond military and even police circles - already unmanned aircraft that can fly predetermined routes cost just a few hundred dollars and can be operated by an iPhone.

'It really opens up a whole new Pandora's Box of: What does it mean to have privacy?'

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